We've been deferring binding on paperbacks and then sending them for binding after they have circulated twice (we have a stamp for the date due slip, asking the circ department to send it back after the second circulation. The books generally get through those first two circulations in good shape. We do not, by the way, do this with scores, since they can get a lot more usage mileage out of a single circulation. Alice Carli Sibley Music Library -----Original Message----- From: ademarinis@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:ademarinis@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Fri 2/13/2009 5:22 PM To: padg@xxxxxxx Subject: [padg] deferred binding of paperbacks Can anyone report on recent results from the practice of sending new paperbacks directly to the stacks as-is -- wihout stiffening, kapco, or commercial binding? Do they hold-up well? Do they create shelving problems? I've seen some discussion on this in the archive a few years back. ----------------------- Anthony De Marinis Preservation Librarian Washington University Libraries Campus Box 1061 St. Louis, MO 63130 tele: 314-935-4287 fax: 314-935-6353 email: ademarinis@xxxxxxxxx
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